After The Coronavirus Passes, Your World Will Not Go Back To Normal
Before the pandemic began, the systems that govern our world were brittle. Today, they are broken. When we emerge, the world will be different, and so will we.
Ryan Broderick
This Idaho Chiropractor Was Running Ads On Facebook Falsely Claiming Silver Prevents The Coronavirus
Only after being alerted did Facebook remove the page.
Jane Lytvynenko
A Mom Facebook Group Devolved Into Chaos After A Woman Complained About A Trend Of Posting "First Pandemic" Photo Shoots
"I know this is just my opinion and doesn't mean much, but this is highly in poor taste when people are dying."
Tanya Chen
Chinese Propaganda Is Trying To Paint The Country As A Leader In Coronavirus Response
“China’s larger strategic goals, under which all of this rolls up, are to convince the world and make the world feel comfortable in China’s ascendancy.”
Jane Lytvynenko
Facebook Pledged $100 Million To Help News Outlets Hit By The Coronavirus Crisis
Despite a spike in readership during the coronavirus outbreak, news organizations haven't been successful in converting the surge in traffic to revenue.
Pranav Dixit
Everything Is So Fucked, You Might As Well Get A Facebook Portal
The most-reviled gadget of 2019 suddenly makes so much sense.
Katie Notopoulos
A Fake Bill Gates Quote About The Coronavirus Has Jumped From WhatsApp To Major News Outlets
It was shared by two of Britain's biggest publishers and several massive verified Facebook pages.
Joey D'Urso
Here's A Running List Of The Latest Hoaxes Spreading About The Coronavirus
Misinformation, hoaxes, and snake oil cures have all been rampant online since the outbreak of the coronavirus.
Jane Lytvynenko
Misleading Positive News About The Coronavirus Is Going Viral On WhatsApp
“Everybody is terrified, so they're looking for a glimmer of hope."
Joey D'Urso
A Mom From A Small Ohio Town Is Recovering From The Coronavirus. She Wants Everyone To Know What It Is Really Like.
"I am the face of this infection. It is brutal and I'm a healthy 48 year old with no underlying conditions."
Tanya Chen
Here's Why Facebook Has Been Marking Posts About The Coronavirus As Spam
Mark Zuckerberg said the bug was caused by a "technical error" in the social network's spam detection system.
Cameron Wilson
Apple Takes WWDC Online-Only As The Coronavirus Spreads
Here's a running list of all the other major cancellations.
Alex Kantrowitz
A Televangelist Peddling Silver As A Fake Cure For Coronavirus Has Been Warned By Officials To Stop
As fears of the virus mount, so too do claims of snake oil treatments.
Jane Lytvynenko
Facebook Is Being Sued Over The Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Australia's information commissioner alleges 311,127 Australian Facebook users had their personal information exposed to the risk of being used by the infamous data firm.
Cameron Wilson
SXSW 2020 Has Been Canceled Following Coronavirus Fears
City officials said Friday that South by Southwest won't be happening this year.
Ryan Broderick
An Employee At Mark Zuckerberg And Priscilla Chan’s Charitable Organization Has Tested Positive For Coronavirus
All other employees at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative have been asked to work from home.
Ryan Mac
An Asian Student Said He Was Beaten Up By Men Who Yelled "I Don’t Want Your Coronavirus In My Country"
Police in London described the attack as "a racially aggravated assault."
Stephanie K. Baer
Police Departments Are Spreading Coronavirus Misinformation As A Joke
One department said it was trying to trick people into turning in their drugs.
Jane Lytvynenko
A Facebook Page Imploded After The Owner Of A Hip Flea Market Asked For Suggestions
The owner of the popular Cleveland Flea that's become an Instagram haven is being called "mean" and compared to Trump for shutting down comments from her local community members.
Tanya Chen
Women Are Requesting Abortions And Contraception Over Facebook Messenger
In 2019, more than 3,000 Cambodian women messaged Marie Stopes International to get advice on abortion, contraception, and STIs.
Gina Rushton
Millennial Women Made LuLaRoe Billions. Then They Paid The Price.
Lawsuits, mountains of unsold leggings, and families drowning in debt: the tumultuous story behind a multilevel marketing brand that promised millennial women a pathway to financial freedom.
Stephanie McNeal
A Former Cambridge Analytica Employee Was Thrown Out Of Facebook’s New York Office
“My host said to me, ‘I don’t know what you’ve done in your private life, but you’re not allowed into this building.’”
Joseph Bernstein
Australia Has 17 Million Facebook Users And Seven Facebook Fact Checkers
"It's incredible the sheer speed at which lies travel, particularly when they’re targeted at groups," one fact checker said.
Cameron Wilson
A Woman Posing As A Photographer Allegedly Drugged A New Mom And Tried To Steal Her Baby
“She wanted a girl, she wanted them five weeks and younger so she could raise it herself, take it out of state and pretend it was a newborn of her own,” a sheriff's department spokesperson said.
Jane Lytvynenko
Instagram Influencer Marketing Is Already A Nightmare. Political Ads Will Make It A Shitshow.
It’s already impossible for users to tell what’s #sponsored or not on Instagram.
Katie Notopoulos
Mike Bloomberg’s Sponcon Memelords Won’t Be Subject To Facebook’s Political Ad Regulations
The announcement comes two days after dozens of meme accounts promoted Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg’s campaign.
Ryan Broderick
Clearview AI Wants To Sell Its Facial Recognition Software To Authoritarian Regimes Around The World
Facebook confirmed to BuzzFeed News that it has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Clearview AI, asking the company to stop using information from Facebook and Instagram.
Caroline Haskins
As Trump Expands His Travel Ban, Amazon, Apple And Google Are Silent
In January 2017, when the Trump administration first unveiled a travel ban targeting seven majority Muslim countries, the tech industry took up arms. This time around there's mainly been silence.
Ryan Mac
Facebook Won’t Remove This Woman’s Butthole As A Business Page
“This unofficial Page was created because people on Facebook have shown interest in this place or business. It's not affiliated with or endorsed by anyone associated with Samantha Rae Anna Jespersen's Butthole.”
Katie Notopoulos
How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation
I couldn’t figure out why small, straightforward tasks on my to-do list felt so impossible. The answer is both more complex and far simpler than I expected.
Anne Helen Petersen
